The Adventures of Polo

The Adventures of Polo is a wordless book by Regis Faller. The book is set up much like a comic book would be with full pictures on some pages and several on others. The book reminds me of looking at a story board for a movie. This is one book in a series of wordless books with Polo as the main character.

The book starts out with a dog, whom I assume is Polo, in his home which is a big tree in the middle of a body of water. Next to his house is what looks like a tightrope that he starts walking on. He travels through the pages using different methods like clouds, fishing line and an umbrella. On his travels he runs into others and usually waves in a friendly manner.

I like this book because I could use it in my classroom for a creative writing lesson. I could break up sections of the book and have students write what they think is happening. We could eventually make our own Polo book with the stories from the class. I also like the simplicity of the illustrations because the students could try and recreate them for a class book as well.